Rep. Steny Hoyer: Members of Congress Protesting Family Separation Should Maintain “Decorum”
Hoyer told CNN it was “not appropriate” for members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus protesting family separation to yell at President Donald Trump.
The War on Immigrants
The Intercept has been reporting from the front lines and the borderlines — exposing the lies and the inhumanity of U.S. immigration enforcement agencies.
An Abused Woman Came to the U.S. Seeking Asylum. The Government Took Her 5-Year-Old Son. This Is How She Got Him Back.
“I cried some, but I tried to be strong,” the little boy said when he was reunited with his mother after 38 days of separation.
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Separating Migrant Families Is Barbaric. It's Also What the U.S. Has Been Doing to People of Color for Hundreds of Years.
Donald Trump's family separation policies on the southern border are horrific — and they fit right into American history.
The U.S. Has Taken More Than 3,700 Children From Their Parents — and Has No Plan for Returning Them
The U.S. has created a bureaucratic nightmare for families whose children have been taken away from them.
Trump Cabinet’s Bible Study Minister Justifies Child Separation as Consequence of Immigrants’ “Illegal Behavior”
Some members of the Christian right expressed reservations about Donald Trump's hard-line policies, but not those closest to the administration.
Desperate Asylum-Seekers Are Being Turned Away by U.S. Border Agents Claiming There’s “No Room”
The practice of turning away asylum-seekers at the border has suddenly become routine, in defiance of U.S. and international law.
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The Misogynistic Logic of Jeff Sessions’s Horrifying New Asylum Policy For Domestic Violence Victims
Attorney General Jeff Sessions dismissed domestic violence as a “private” crime — compounding his anti-immigrant stance with misogyny.
Trump’s “Zero Tolerance” Crackdown Won’t Stop Border Crossings but It Could Break the Courts
There’s no evidence hard-line that immigration enforcement deters border crossers. The administration is cracking down anyway.
She Was Kidnapped by Guerrillas and Forced to Work. That Qualifies as Material Support for Terrorism, According to Immigration Ruling
The broad application of material support in an immigration case echoes the way that the law has long been used and abused in U.S. District Courts.
1,358 Children and Counting — Trump’s “Zero Tolerance” Border Policy Is Separating Families at Staggering Rates
The number of families ripped apart over a recent two-week period was the same as the total for the preceding seven months.